More than 40 members of the media and dozens of onlookers surrounded MTA officials outside of 370 Jay Street on Wednesday morning as workers dug up and unveiled a time capsule buried beneath the ground in 1950. … Full Article

Mayor Bill de Blasio has decided to rent out his Brooklyn town house while he and his family live in Gracie Mansion.The mayor's office says the 3-story house in Park Slope is listed for nearly $5,000 a month.

As members of the press gathered in anticipation, MTA New York City Transit President Carmen Bianco, NYU Vice President of Government Affairs and Community Engagement Alicia Hurley and New York Transit Museum Director Gabrielle Shubert hosted a ceremony during which a time capsule was unearthed i … Full Article

Tom Hanks was a hit on Hicks Street.
The endearing Hollywood leading man brought his star power to the open-air Brooklyn Heights set of Steven Spielberg's film “St. James Place,” which is being shot throughout the neighborhood and in DUMBO. … Full Article

The attorney for a pregnant woman whose altercation with police led to her being put on the ground belly-first has met with Brooklyn prosecutors about the event, which was captured on video. … Full Article

The standoff at the Slave Theater has begun.
“This is our theater,” said Omar Hardy, whose father Clarence claims to be the rightful heir to the vaunted but troubled Bed-Stuy institution. “This is my birthright. I was born to take care of this place.” … Full Article

Delectable!
We could rhapsodize at length about the eye candy — AKA the historic homes — near New York Methodist Hospital's proposed expansion site. After all, the jaw-dropping perfection of Prospect Park West is but a block away. … Full Article